{"id":33429,"date":"2019-10-31T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/razrabotchik-populyarnogo-linux-distributiva-planiruet-vyjti-na-ipo-i-zanyatsya-oblakom\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:52:32","slug":"razrabotchik-populyarnogo-linux-distributiva-planiruet-vyjti-na-ipo-i-zanyatsya-oblakom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/sl\/blog\/administrirovanie\/razrabotchik-populyarnogo-linux-distributiva-planiruet-vyjti-na-ipo-i-zanyatsya-oblakom","title":{"rendered":"Razvijalec priljubljene Linux distribucije na\u010drtuje vstop na borzo in prehod na \"oblake\"","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is preparing for an initial public offering. It plans to expand in the field of cloud computing.<\/h4>\n

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\n\/ \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e NASA<\/a><\/noindex> (PD) \u2014 Mark Shuttleworth<\/a><\/noindex> on the ISS<\/i><\/p>\n

Discussions about Canonical's IPO have been ongoing since 2015, when the company's founder Mark Shuttleworth announced the possibility of going public. The goal of the IPO is to raise funds that will help Canonical develop products for the cloud and corporate IoT systems.<\/a><\/noindex><\/p>\n

For instance, the company intends to focus more on container technology LXD and the OS for IoT devices, Ubuntu Core. This strategic choice is driven by the company's business model. Canonical does not sell licenses and generates revenue from B2B services.<\/p>\n

Canonical began preparing for the IPO in 2017. To make itself more attractive to investors, the company ceased the development of unprofitable products \u2014 the Unity desktop environment and the Ubuntu Phone mobile OS. Canonical is also aiming to increase its annual revenue from $110 million to $200 million. Therefore, the company is now working to attract more corporate clients, introduced a new service package \u2014 Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure. <\/p>\n

Canonical does not charge separately for the maintenance of infrastructure components based on different technologies \u2014 OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, and Linux. The cost of services is calculated based on the number of servers or virtual machines, and the package includes technical and legal support. According to Canonical, this approach will help their clients save money.<\/p>\n

Another step to attract customers has been extending the support period for Ubuntu from five to ten years. According to Mark Shuttleworth, a longer lifecycle of the operating system is important for financial organizations and telecoms, which transition to new versions of OS and IT services less frequently than other companies.<\/p>\n

Canonical's actions have helped make Ubuntu more popular among such 'conservative' organizations and strengthened the developer's position in the cloud solutions market. The company's efforts may pay off soon. There is a possibility that Canonical's IPO could take place as early as 2020.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What this means for the market<\/h2>\n

\nAnalitiki menijo<\/a><\/noindex>, and that with the transition to public status, Canonical could become a full-fledged competitor to Red Hat. The latter has developed and implemented principles for monetizing open-source technologies, which Canonical is also utilizing.<\/p>\n

Dolg \u010dasa drugim podjetjem s podobnim poslovnim modelom ni uspelo priti do ravni Red Hata. Po obsegu znatno prehiteva Canonical \u2013 samo letni dobi\u010dek Red Hata presega<\/a><\/noindex> vse prihodke podjetja razvijalca Ubuntu. Kljub temu pa strokovnjaki menijo, da bo sredstva z IPO pomagala Canonicalu rasti do ravni konkurentov.<\/p>\n

Razvijalec Ubuntu ima prednost pred Red Hatom. Canonical je neodvisno podjetje, ki omogo\u010da korporativnim strankam, da izberejo katero koli obla\u010dno okolje za izvajanje aplikacij. Red Hat pa bo kmalu del IBM. \u010ceprav IKT-gigant obljublja, da bo ohranil neodvisnost svoje h\u010derinske dru\u017ebe, obstaja verjetnost, da bo Red Hat promoviral javno obla\u010dno infrastrukturo IBM.<\/p>\n

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\n\/ \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e Bran Sorem<\/a><\/noindex> (CC BY<\/a><\/noindex>)<\/i><\/p>\n

Prav tako se pri\u010dakuje, da bo IPO pomagal Canonicalu utrditi svoje mesto na trgu IoT in roba (edge) ra\u010dunalni\u0161tva. Podjetje razvija nove izdelke na osnovi Ubunta, ki bodo povezali edge naprave z obla\u010dnimi okolji v en hibridni sistem. Tem podro\u010djem zaenkrat Canonical ne prina\u0161a dobi\u010dka, vendar \u0160attlworth smatra<\/a><\/noindex> glede na njegov potencial za prihodnost podjetja. Razvoj tehnologij za IoT bodo financirali sredstva z IPO \u2013 Canonical bo lahko namenil ve\u010d sredstev za razvoj edge izdelkov.<\/p>\n

Kdo \u0161e izhaja na IPO<\/h2>\n

\nAprila 2018 je podjetje Pivotal ponudilo del svojega kapitala na borzi. Razvija platformo Cloud Foundry za izvajanje in spremljanje aplikacij v javnih in zasebnih obla\u010dnih okoljih. Ve\u010dina podjetja Pivotal je v lasti Della: IKT-gigant ima 67% delnic podjetja in odlo\u010dilno vlogo pri sprejemanju odlo\u010ditev.<\/p>\n

Ponudba vrednostnih papirjev na borzi naj bi pomagala Pivotalu \u0161iriti svoje prisotnost na trgu obla\u010dnih storitev. Podjetje \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/a><\/noindex> bo sredstva, pridobljena s prodajo, namenilo za razvoj novih izdelkov in pritegnitev najve\u010djih svetovnih podjetij kot strank. Pri\u010dakovanja Pivatal so se uresni\u010dila \u2013 po prodaji delnic je uspelo pove\u010dati prihodke in \u0161tevilo korporativnih naro\u010dnikov.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n\u0160e en IPO na trgu naj bi potekal v bli\u017enji prihodnosti. Aprila leto\u0161njega leta je startup Fastly vlo\u017eil prijavo za javno ponudbo delnic, ki nudi platformo za periferno ra\u010dunalni\u0161tvo ter re\u0161itev za obremenitveno ravnote\u017eje za podatkovne centre. Sredstva z IPO bo podjetje porabilo za promocijo na trgu edge-ra\u010dunalni\u0161tva. Fastly upa, da bodo nalo\u017ebe pripomogle k temu, da postane bolj opazen igralec v sektorskih storitvah za podatkovne centre.<\/p>\n

Kaj naprej<\/h2>\n

\nPo ocenah<\/a><\/noindex> (\u010dlanek za paywallom) Wall Street Journal, delnice tehnolo\u0161kih B2B organizacij so morda zanimivej\u0161e kot vrednostni papirji v B2C sektorju IKT. Zato IPO v B2B segmentu obi\u010dajno pritegnejo pozornost resnih vlagateljev.<\/p>\n

Trend je aktualen tudi za podro\u010dje obla\u010dnega ra\u010dunalni\u0161tva, kar pomeni, da ima IPO podjetij, kot je Canonical, velike mo\u017enosti za uspeh. Prihodki od prodaje delnic bodo obla\u010dni industriji omogo\u010dili, da aktivneje razvija tehnologije, katerih povpra\u0161evanje je trenutno posebej visoko med korporativnimi strankami. multi-cloud re\u0161itve<\/a><\/noindex> in sistemi<\/a><\/noindex> za periferno ra\u010dunalni\u0161tvo.<\/p>\n

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